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Michael F. Easley
Governor
State of North Carolina
Office of the Governor
Governor's Press Office
State Capitol, Raleigh, NC 27603-8001
(919) 733-5612 - Toll Free 1-800-662-7005
FAX (919) 733-5166
For Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Cari Boyce
Date: January 16, 2002 Phone: (919) 733-5612
GOV. EASLEY FILLS FOUR JUDICIAL VACANCIES
(Raleigh, N.C.) Gov. Mike Easley today named Jane Powell Gray to be a Wake County District Court judge. He also appointed John O. "Joe" Craig, III of High Point to the Superior Court bench in Guilford County. Beth Spencer Dixon and Addie M. Harris Rawls were tapped for District Court judgeships in, respectively, Rowan and Johnston counties.
Gray, the Governor's pick for the newly created District Court seat in Wake County, has worked as a public sector attorney since her graduation from Campbell University School of Law in 1979. For nearly twenty years, Gray handled civil and criminal cases as a lawyer in the North Carolina Department of Justice, and specialized in motor vehicles law. In 1998, she left her position as Deputy Attorney General to assist House Speaker Jim Black as his General Counsel. Gray just completed a term as President of the Wake County Bar Association and is a member of the State Judicial Council.
"Jane Gray has demonstrated her great integrity and intellect in every legal position she has held, and I am confident she will do so again as a Wake County judge. During the last decade, she has played an integral role in the passage of nearly every major piece of legislation affecting North Carolina's legal system. In addition, Jane Gray's warm, congenial nature will make her courtroom a welcoming place where all stand equal before a judge of the utmost fairness and wisdom," said Easley.
Craig, appointed to replace the retiring Howard R. Greeson, Jr. as a Guilford County Superior Court judge, has practiced in High Point since graduating from UNC Law School in 1982. As a partner in the firm of Fisher, Clinard & Craig, he has specialized in business law, as well as mediation. Craig is past director of the High Point Rotary Club.
"Joe Craig is an expert on the laws that effect business owners and workers. Having judges with such knowledge is especially important at a time when, in the Triad and across the state, every effort is being made to recruit and retain well-run, high-paying, successful companies. In addition, Joe Craig's firm grounding in and strong support of mediation will help him steer litigants towards fair, productive, cost-efficient ways to resolve disputes," said Easley.
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Dixon takes the place of Rowan County District Court Anna Mills Wagoner who was recently named U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina. A 1989 graduate of the University of South Carolina,

Michael F. Easley
Governor
State of North Carolina
Office of the Governor
Governor's Press Office
State Capitol, Raleigh, NC 27603-8001
(919) 733-5612 - Toll Free 1-800-662-7005
FAX (919) 733-5166
For Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Cari Boyce
Date: January 16, 2002 Phone: (919) 733-5612
GOV. EASLEY FILLS FOUR JUDICIAL VACANCIES
(Raleigh, N.C.) Gov. Mike Easley today named Jane Powell Gray to be a Wake County District Court judge. He also appointed John O. "Joe" Craig, III of High Point to the Superior Court bench in Guilford County. Beth Spencer Dixon and Addie M. Harris Rawls were tapped for District Court judgeships in, respectively, Rowan and Johnston counties.
Gray, the Governor's pick for the newly created District Court seat in Wake County, has worked as a public sector attorney since her graduation from Campbell University School of Law in 1979. For nearly twenty years, Gray handled civil and criminal cases as a lawyer in the North Carolina Department of Justice, and specialized in motor vehicles law. In 1998, she left her position as Deputy Attorney General to assist House Speaker Jim Black as his General Counsel. Gray just completed a term as President of the Wake County Bar Association and is a member of the State Judicial Council.
"Jane Gray has demonstrated her great integrity and intellect in every legal position she has held, and I am confident she will do so again as a Wake County judge. During the last decade, she has played an integral role in the passage of nearly every major piece of legislation affecting North Carolina's legal system. In addition, Jane Gray's warm, congenial nature will make her courtroom a welcoming place where all stand equal before a judge of the utmost fairness and wisdom," said Easley.
Craig, appointed to replace the retiring Howard R. Greeson, Jr. as a Guilford County Superior Court judge, has practiced in High Point since graduating from UNC Law School in 1982. As a partner in the firm of Fisher, Clinard & Craig, he has specialized in business law, as well as mediation. Craig is past director of the High Point Rotary Club.
"Joe Craig is an expert on the laws that effect business owners and workers. Having judges with such knowledge is especially important at a time when, in the Triad and across the state, every effort is being made to recruit and retain well-run, high-paying, successful companies. In addition, Joe Craig's firm grounding in and strong support of mediation will help him steer litigants towards fair, productive, cost-efficient ways to resolve disputes," said Easley.
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Dixon takes the place of Rowan County District Court Anna Mills Wagoner who was recently named U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina. A 1989 graduate of the University of South Carolina,